Maria lay back in the tub, shower cap protecting her head, sponge in her hand. "DeeDee?" Yes, lambkins?" Am I beautiful?" Well, that's a relative term..." I'll take that as 'No.'"DeeDee knelt beside the tub. "Don't sell yourself short. You have a beautiful face, . . ." DeeDee bent forward and kissed her gently. "And beautiful legs." She took up the sponge and began to scrub under the water. "And a beautiful little belly." She moved up, scrubbing and tickling the navel. "And nice hands." She. The water is perfect. Not a cloud in the sky.”We were treading water facing each other and had worked our way to only about a foot from each other. Our legs would occasionally touch as we moved them to stay in place. Then we found ourselves even closer together. Our legs started to become entwined as we moved them back and forth. I could tell Bobby was waiting for me to make the first move. I put my arms around Bobby’s neck and kissed him. He put his arms around my back, and we started to sink. Everyday, he used to pray for an opportunity to get closer with her. And then came that evening which none of them had thought would come.The midterm exams at Aarushi’s school were over and it had closed for the monsoon break. They had wanted to visit their grandparent’s home from a long time, and so Mrs. Nair sent them over for a week to spend their vacation. She was alone at home at that time, and couldn’t leave due to some urgent work. Avinash too was unaware of this and had come for the. ?I don?t have to toleratethis kind of apathetic behavior from you Sharon.? Tears started to well in myeyes as I fought with the ordeal of trying to stay in position. The total lackof having any control over my situation became even more embarrassing as Ibegan caving into her increasingly cruel intimidations. Just the sound of hervoice when she had uttered my name seemed to be a foreboding sign of the degreeof my pending night of sexual discipline. Several heavy tears fell asshe began.